Automatic Save Function? (NOT for autorecovery)

[KiellR]

So Autodesk Maya has this nifty function where you can set up autosave and every few minutes it saves your file--not to some inaccessible backup that gets deleted once you close the file but to the ACTUAL FILE that you open so if you goof and hit close on your file and further goof by responding to the 'would you like to save?' pop-up with 'no' instead of 'cancel' it's still cool cuz Maya has done saves every 5 minutes for you.

Does Photoshop have this function and if so how do I turn it on?

Note:  Autosaving for the purpose of autorecovery after crashes is not what I'm looking for here.  I need help with forgetfulness, not crashing.

[JJMack · Accepted solution]

No

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

Agreed, however there is a Bridge script though, that pops up a message reminding the user to save. I’ll dig it up...

EDIT:

Here's the link – Reminder to save?

P.S. Presuming that you have manually saved the file at least once, here is a minor addition to the original code to auto save the active document:

#target bridge; 
if( BridgeTalk.appName == "bridge" ) {   
var psRem= new MenuElement( "command", "PS Auto Save", "at the end of Tools"); 
} 
psRem.onSelect = function () {  
var mins =  60000 * 3; // Three minutes 
psReminder = function(){ 
    var bt = new BridgeTalk(); 
    bt.target = "photoshop"; 
    bt.body = "if(documents.length) app.activeDocument.save() alert('File auto-saved via running Bridge script');";  
    bt.send(4) 
    } 
id = app.scheduleTask( "psReminder()", mins, true );  
var win = new Window("palette","Photoshop Reminder"); 
win.bu1 = win.add("button",undefined,"Stop Reminder"); 
win.bu1.onClick = function(){ 
    win.close(0); 
    app.cancelTask (id); 
    } 
win.show(); 
};

[Stephen_A_Marsh]

Although not an automated reminder or automated save, a versioned save may also be a good thing to consider:

How to incrementally save images using a hotkey

Or this one:

Photoshop File Versions.jsx

Or if you use History Snapshots that will be lost once the file has been closed:

Save all history snapshots as files

Perhaps one of these scripts could be run via the auto-save, so there would be multiple auto-saved versions...